Watch: What George Clooney Was Just Caught Saying About Refugees Will Anger Many Americans

Speaking from the red carpet at the Berlin International Film Festival this week, actor George Clooney said the United States should be doing more to address the Syrian refugee crisis.

“The United States needs to do more, as we know. Ten thousand refugees a year is not enough.That’s clear,” Clooney said.

The actor-activist and his wife Amal, who is a human rights attorney, met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday morning to discuss the Syrian refugee situation, which has greatly impacted the European nation, as well as several of its neighboring states.

“We just wanted to ask her what we can do, what our involvement should be, what Hollywood’s involvement should be, and what the United States should be doing as well,” Clooney said.

Germany, under Merkel’s leadership, has taken in over 1 million Syrian refugees to date and has pledged to take in many more in the years ahead, if circumstances dictate. The decision has been controversial, particularly after reports of numerous sexual assaults against German women by Muslim men in cities around the country this past New Years Eve.

The Obama administration has pledged to take in up to 10,000 Syrian war refugees this fiscal year, which would be nearly a five-fold increase from 2015.

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The House of Representatives passed a measure, with bi-partisan support, blocking the admission of more Syrian refugees until the administration can assure the American people the refugees can be properly screened. The Senate blocked a similar measure last month.

The Syrian war refugee crisis is not the first time Clooney has called on the United States to do more to address a humanitarian crisis. The Academy Award winner urged more involvement by the U.S. and the world to stop the genocide in Dafur during the last decade.

“In May, the actor told the BBC that he planned to help the people of Syria without getting involved in the politics. That decision came about because of his marriage to Lebanese-born Amal Clooney, who influenced his views about Syria,” the Los Angeles Times reported.

In addition to meeting with Merkel, the Clooneys plan to meet Friday with some Syrian war refugees.